YORK Union's first major event of the season - the York Amateur Championship starts this Sunday at Fulford Golf Club, which also hosts the Seward Trophy, run in conjunction with the main event, for junior players.

The draws are:

York Amateur Championship: 7.30 C Brownlee (Y), SG Brannan (F), A Shearer (FP); 7.38 C Smith * (PH), N Ferguson (H), P Butler (KM); 7.46 D McCarthy (SH), M Burrows (PH), M Stephenson (F); 7.54 A Preece (E), G Stericker (F), M Carter * (PH).

8.02 G Ashton (FP), JRL Brown (MN), I Young (S); 8.10 N Marchant (F), S Stockell (PH), E Taylor (MN); 8.18 D Emmerson (Y), D Leaf (F), C Lone * (PH); 8.26 D Rose (F), T Christie (MN), R Hamilton (PH); 8.34 C Tyrer (E), A Holmes (KM), J Moss * (F); 8.42 T James * (Y), R Chilton (PH), P Jolliffe (S); 8.50 R Angland (FP), T Parry * (O), R Cass (F); 8.58 E Burdett (MN), J McNutt (PH), M Christie (E).

9.06 A Nicol (SH), D Thompson (Y), S Dunn (F); 9.14 J Batt (H), J Hudson (PH), C Halley (MN); 9.22 G Wilson (O), A Newton (PH), A Smith (H); 9.30 M Kelly (F), A Wiggins (MN), D Holder (Y); 9.38 D Guthrie (H), JP Miller (F), A Lount (PH); 9.46 S Parkin (MN), L Grant (Y), M Brown (PH).

Second round times are first round + 5 hours.

Reserves: L Thomas (S), R Suddes (SH), S Simpson (Y), JP Wake * (F), K Tuite (FP), R Earnshaw * (E), B McLaren (FP), R Robertson (PH), S Jones (PH), E Campbell (F).

Seward Trophy: 10.16 L Waggott (H), J Houghton (Y); 10.25 S Rice (E), R Head (F); 10.34 JP Wake (F), N Chauda (PH), J Wilford (MN); 10.43 L Morrall (S), J Batt jnr (H), T Brown (Y); 10.52 Miss C Austwick (PH), M Rowe (SH), J Taylor (Y).

11.01 R Earnshaw (E), J Lone (PH), A Mook (S); 11.10 J Gradwell (F), I Bruce (H), D Nuttall (MN); 11.19 M Barnie (H), C Neenan (PH), J Joy (S); 11.28 J Hough (Y), M Wilson-Cooper (E), T Bissett (H); 11.37 B Farrell (Y), S Yorke (PH), A Jackson (S).

KEY: Y York; F Fulford; FP Forest Park; PH Pike Hills; H Heworth; KM Kirkbymoorside; SH Sandburn Hall; E Easingwold; MN Malton and Norton; S Scarthingwell; O The Oaks.